Process of making semiconductor-on-insulator substrate
First Claim
1. A process for preparing a semiconductor substrate which comprises a step of making an entire silicon monocrystalline substrate as a first substrate porous by anodization, a step of making a silicon monocrystalline thin film to epitaxially grow on one of the porous surfaces of the first substrate, a step of oxidizing the surface of the silicon monocrystalline thin film, a step of forming an insulating layer capable of producing reflow by heat treatment over the oxidized surface, a step of bonding the insulating layer to a second substrate and heating the resulting bonded first and second substrates, and a step of selectively etching the porous region.
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A process for forming a semiconductor substrate wherein an epitaxial layer is formed on a porous layer of a first substrate, an insulating layer is formed on the epitaxial layer, the insulating layer is bonded to a second substrate and the porous layer is selectively removed.
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37 Claims
- 1. A process for preparing a semiconductor substrate which comprises a step of making an entire silicon monocrystalline substrate as a first substrate porous by anodization, a step of making a silicon monocrystalline thin film to epitaxially grow on one of the porous surfaces of the first substrate, a step of oxidizing the surface of the silicon monocrystalline thin film, a step of forming an insulating layer capable of producing reflow by heat treatment over the oxidized surface, a step of bonding the insulating layer to a second substrate and heating the resulting bonded first and second substrates, and a step of selectively etching the porous region.
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2. A process for preparing a semiconductor substrate which comprises a step of making the surface layer on one side of a silicon monocrystalline substrate as a first substrate porous, a step of making a silicon monocrystalline thin film to epitaxially grow on the porous surface of the first substrate, a step of oxidizing the surface of the silicon monocrystalline thin film, a step of forming an insulating layer capable of producing reflow by heat treatment over the oxidized surface, a step of bonding the insulating layer to a second substrate and heating the resulting bonded first and second substrates, a step of removing the non-porous monocrystalline substrate region of the first substrate, and a step of selectively etching the porous silicon region.
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13. A process for preparing a semiconductor substrate, which comprises the steps of:
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providing a first substrate having a porous monocrystalline semiconductor layer and a non-porous monocrystalline semiconductor layer; forming a first insulating layer on the non-porous monocrystalline semiconductor layer of the first substrate; forming a second insulating layer which can be reflowed by heating on the first insulating layer; bonding the second insulating layer to a second substrate and heating the resulting bonded first and second substrates; and removing the porous monocrystalline semiconductor layer from the bonded first and second substrates to obtain the semiconductor substrate. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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